Tex. Local Gov't Code Section 5.901
Territorial Requirements for Incorporation as General-law Municipality

A community may not incorporate as a general-law municipality unless it meets the following territorial requirements:

(1)

a community with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants must have not more than two square miles of surface area;

(2)

a community with 2,001 to 4,999 inhabitants must have not more than four square miles of surface area; and

(3)

a community with 5,001 to 9,999 inhabitants must have not more than nine square miles of surface area.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Source: Section 5.901 — Territorial Requirements for Incorporation as General-law Municipality, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.­5.­htm#5.­901 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).

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